Washbasin-support.



UNITE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS M. HOOPER, OF RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. L. MOTTIRON WORKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF ,NEW YORK.

WAS H BASIN -SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forlningpart of Letters Patent N 0. 715,268, datedDecember 9, 1902.

Application filed April 5, 1900. Serial No. 11,655. (No model-l To atZZwhom, it may concern."

Be it known that LLOUIS M. HOOPER, acitizen of the United States,residing at 209 Wood street, Rutherford, county of Bergen, State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinWashbasin-Supports, fully described and represented in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, forming-a part of the same.

The present invention relates to that class of basin-supports which areused in the navy and are made of metal and fixed to a'partition orbulkhead upon the vessel .to sustain the basin at a suitable height forconvenient use. In many basins for naval use, especially those set instaterooms, the basin-waste is not connected with a sewer or drain-pipe;but such basins are commonly made removable from their support, so thatthe slops may be readily emptied. The rolling and pitching of the vesselis therefore liable to displace the basin from its support and throw itupon the fioor or otherwise causeitinjury.

The object of the present invention is to construct the metallic ringwhich fits below the flange of the basin with lugs which serve to holdthe basin securely and which do not require to be separated or detachedwhen it is necessary to remove the basin. To edect this object, Iprovide the rear edge of the basin-ring with two integral lugs curvedupwardly and inwardlyinto contact with the upper side of the flange, andI provide the front of the basin-ring with means to engage thebasin-flange to secure the same upon the ring. This means at the frontof the basinring may be formed as a lug hinged upon a journal on thering and adapted to hook over the basin-flange when the lug is turnedupwardly. By providing the hinged lug with a spring and fitting the sameto a suitable seat upon the ring the lug may be retained in itsupwardly-turned position to securely hold the basin; but such springpermits the lug to be turned outwardly and downwardly when it is desiredto remove the basin. The basin is withdrawn from the -lugs,'rear, fixedby slightly raising the front of the basin and drawing it forward uponthe ring, the sloping bottom of the basin permitting it ,to move forwarduntil the basin-flange clears the rear lugs, when the basin may belifted bodily from the ring to empty the slope.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the ring and itsattachments. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same with the basin securedin place. Fig. 3 is a section, on line 3 3 in Fig. l of the ring andbasin-flange, upon a larger scale, through one of the fixed lugs. Fig.4; is a similar section, on line 4 4 in Fig. 1, through the hinge-lug.Fig. 5 is a front view of the hinge-lug with the adjacent portion of thebasin-ring. Fig. 6 is a plan View of the ring shown in Fig. 1 attachedto its support by a ring.

The basin-ring a is shown of circular form, but may be of any shape incorrespondence with the shape of the basin. A bracket-foot b is shown tosecure the same upon the bulkhead, which is merely indicated by the line0 in Figs. 1 and 2. In Fig. 6 the ring is shown secured to the bulkheadby a hinge 7t Two hooked lugs d are projected from the upper side of thering upon the rear edge, one at each side of the center line, and are soproportioned that the flange l of the basin Z may be shoved beneath thesame, as shown in Fig. 3. A hinge-lug e is shown in Fig. 1 upon thefront side of the ring, the hinge of the lug being forked, and each armof the fork fitted to a journalf, formed by reducing a portion of thering at its front side. The space between the two journals is formedwith two flat surfaces g, and the lug is formed with a leaf-spring h,which bears upon one of such surfaces when turned upwardly and upon theother when turned downwardly. When turned upwardly, as shown in Figs. 4and 5, the hinge-lug projects over the basinflange and operates, withthe stationary lugs (Z, to hold the basin firmly upon the ring. When thehinge-lug is turned downwardly, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4,the front edge of the basin-flange is cleared, and it may be lifted soas to draw the basinfiange from beneath the rear lugs d to remove thebasin from the ring.

removal avoids the shifting or moving of the rear lugs and permits themto be made intogral with, the ring, which furnishes an exceedinglysimple and strong construction.

The hinge-lug e is split longitudinally, so

Such method of that the bearing of each fork maybe applied to thejournal f, the cap of such bearing being held in place, as shown inFigs. 4 and 5, by the screw 1', which secures the leaf-spring h to thehinge-lug. The lugs, as shown in Fig. 2, present very little obstructionupon the upper side of the basin-flange and hold the same in a neat andsubstantial manner, while the hinging of the lug (2 permits the basin tobe instantly detached when its removal is desired.

It is evident that the outer or hinged lug may be omitted entirely, andespecially when the supporting-ringis provided with a hinge, and thebasin and ring when not in use are swung upward against the wall orbulkhead upon which it is supported. In this case the two rearmost lugs,or those upon the hinged side of the ring, securely hold the lower edgeof the bowl while the natural overhang of the bottom of the bowl and itsengagement with the wall or bulkhead will prevent the upper edge frombeing displaced.

I am aware that a lampbody has been secured in a cup by a ring whichencircles the entire top of the lamp and requires to be lifted bodily todisengage the lamp.

My construction requires nothing to be lifted in disengaging the basinfrom the ring and does not, therefore, form any lugs which occupy thecontracted space in a state-room when it is necessary to remove thebasin from the ring.

My construction is. compact and inexpensive and not liable to anyderangement or injury by its ordinary use.

Where my improvement is applied to a bracket-ring secured upon thebulkhead, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it prevents the basin from beingdisplaced by the lurching of the vessel; but it may be obviously appliedto a hinged basin-ring, in which case my attachments serve to secure thebasin in the ring when the basin and ring are turned up to the bulkheadin the manner common to such hinged supports.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, What is claimedherein is 1. The combination, with the open basinring a adapted for thebowl of the basin to project downward through the same, and having theintegral lugs d curved upwardly and inwardly from its rear side incontact with the upper side of the basin-flange, of the basin 1 havingits flange Z fitted to rest wholly upon the top of the basin-ring, ahorizontal pivot upon the front of the ring and a lug upper side of theflange, the journalfformed upon the front of the ring, and the hingedlug 6 split longitudinally to form a divided bearing for application tothe journal, and the lug hooked to engage the upper side of thebasin-flange when the lug is turned upwardly, substantially as hereinset forth.

3. The combination, with the body of the basin land its flange Z, of thebasin-ring a adapted to fit around the body of the basin below theflange, and having the integral lugs d curved upwardly and inwardly fromthe rear side of the ring into contact with the upper side of theflange, the journalsfformed upon the front of the ring with intermediateflat surfaces and the hinged lug e fitted to such journals and providedwith the spring h to bear upon the flat surfaces, and adapted whenturned upwardly to project over the basin-flange to hold the basin uponthe ring, substantially as herein set forth.

4. The combination with a ring adapted to embrace and support awashbowl, means for pivotally supporting said ring so that it may beswung upward and the washbowl loosely set in said ring, of a retainingprojection on the pivoted side of said ring which engages with andsupports said washbowl when the ring is swung upward.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LOUIS M. HOOPER.

WVitnesses:

MAX GOEBEL, GEORGE P. REYNOLDS.

' Correction in Letters Patent No. 715,268.

1 x f I l I It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N 0. 715,268,granted December 9, 1902, upon the application of Louis M. Hooper, ofRutherford, New Jersey, for an improvement in Washbasin-Supports, anerror appears in the printed specification requiring correction, asfollows: In line 65, page 1, the word ring should read hinge; and

that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction thereinthat the same may conform to the record of the case in the PatentOfiice.

Signed and sealed this 20th day of January, A. D., 1903.

[SEAL] F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

